I think Cindy-the-Realtor led the opposition to the rezoning effort (as she wanted to sell property in the adjacent neighborhood under construction at the time) along with Larry McAtee (OKC Councilman). I also recall that Old Man Knutson ran for City Council against McAtee a decade ago. There used to be a bunch of diatribes calling out McAtee.

Any time someone new challenges Knutson, he scribbles something derogatory on whatever junk he has sitting on his property.

He's had round bales, old semi trailers, random farm equipment, dirt berms, construction material, carnival rides, etc. placed around like a fortification for years. It is always changing.

Has been going on for years. Bruce Knutson. Long time agitator. Wanted to have his property rezoned commercial so he could do boat/RV storage or something. Rezoning denied. Old man Knutson starts piling shit on his property (zoned ag), threatens to become a hog farm, all kinda crazy. I think neighbors currently have a lawsuit going.

If she wanted her own email server or was worried about security, I guarantee the US IT department would have done whatever she wanted.

Nope. This is not how it works with IT associated with Federal agencies. Much $$$ and time would be required to transition the infrastructure. At the time, with the agency where I was employed, the email infrastructure was about 10 years behind the current technology. Only in the past couple of years was it modernized.

I had a similar issue when I downgraded from a cable/phone/internet bundle to just internet. I dutifully took my cable modem/phone adapter and DVR boxes in to the store and got a receipt. I was informed prior that my service for the month would be prorated and next bill would reflect this.

A couple weeks later, I get my next bill which was not pro-rated AND I was billed for the purchase of the cable modem as they said I didn't turn it in. Called customer service and they said they showed no record of me having turned it in. I escalated and escalated, but they refused to do anything about it. Apparently, the store employee neglected to scan the modem to update their inventory (after scrutinizing the receipt, I figured out that the modem wasn't on there as having been returned). Went into the store, talked to the same employee, and he corrected the situation. However, he could not reimburse me for the overcharge (Cox successfully having it both ways: they can take your money at the store but not refund it). Ended up sleuthing out the corporate office contact number and somehow got in touch with a corporate liason who told me they would cut a check and overnight it. Next day I get a call and am told by accounting that it would be 6-8 weeks before I got my reimbursement AND they needed me to send them a statement from my bank account showing that they had deducted the bill from my account. Needless to say, I was not happy at all with the experience. Unfortunately, Cox has a cable monopoly and the only recourse I have is to switch to an inferior OTA or satellite provider which is a non-starter.

Having said all that, the best thing to do is go to a store and work with one of the reps there. And good luck. Cox sucks.

Frankly, you are not going to find anything as a Computer Engineer in the OKC area that isn't government-related (defense or aerospace) or energy-related. Tulsa has some navigation equipment (Garmin?) and controls jobs (Enovation). Ditch Witch/Subsite Electronics in Perry is often looking for EE/CompE types for their underground exploration stuff.

In what direction are you wanting to take your career? I know of a job (government contractor (!) but not defense-related) that is desperately seeking a good engineer in a long-term position that likes to work with HW and SW to help with radar transceiver control software development (new modern C++ project). The guy that's heading up the team is really pushing to modernize the development process.

Dr. Muchmore with Integris is great. He makes a point of explaining things very well and has kept my thyroid (lymphacitic thyroiditis with spontaneously resolving hyperthyroidism) in check for 8 or 9 years now.

Nobody gets to beat us in the race to the bottom! We're in this marathon for the long haul! /s

My wife is a teacher and we already spend (and have spent for many years) way more than the maximum tax deduction for teaching-related expenses (buying supplies for the classroom out of our own pocket) due to the sorry state of education funding in OK. There's really no where else to cut, right? Right?!

I'm looking for a solid self-motivated software engineer that loves C++ and likes interfacing to hardware, playing with sockets, and working with others to expand my software development team in Oklahoma City -- contract with the FAA -- to maintain existing code and, more importantly (and fun!), help with a RADAR transceiver system software refresh (redesign?) using modern C++ on a Linux platform. This is a long-term (career) position (don't let the "contract" thing scare you...).

COASL play on Sundays at South Lakes park in south OKC. NYSA has an adult league if you live even further south. ESC has an adult league in Edmond. I know nothing about NYSA or ESC but COASL typically have 2 or 3 divisions of varying degrees of competition.